I'm still not really mentally in a place to understand what mentorship looks like during a pandemic, during a civil movement calling for long-overdue racial and societal reform, and during Pride month. I know it's important, I know I need to keep...
The 2020 Architecture graduates, and many others finishing their school years, graduated into a weird time. The architecture profession, and the AIA, has been working on resources and encouragements, including videos with Advice for Architecture...
If you've read any of my other blogs, you know I'm a major proponent of continued learning, pushing past fear, and therefore learning from your mistakes. Let's look today at what it might mean to be present in your career in a way that allows...
We architects are known for our creativity...with materials, ideas, problem-solving...and even our words. We are not above making up words, adding an "-ism", an "-ers", or an "-ation" to the end of a noun. What we're trying to get at is the...
Whether filling out hours for AXP (Architectural Experience Program) or trying to learn enough to work your way up to Project Manager, gaining experience on a new topic can be tricky as a young architect or architect-in-training. Note: This is...
The irony is not lost on me that on a topic of "unlikely inspiration" I found myself suddenly lacking in inspiration about what to write. I actually tried to write this blog FOUR different times over the past two weeks. Busy with work, home...